Most likely to spend the rest of the season going four on five: the Lakers.

This is a team more undermanned than a Walter Mondale campaign rally. Cedars-Sinai could have run out of beds just tending to the Lakers' injured point guards.

Things got truly bizarre last week when a spate of injuries combined with two centers fouling out left the team with only four available players against Cleveland. Thankfully, officials invoked an obscure rule that allowed Robert Sacre to keep playing despite the fact that he had six fouls.

Hey, whatever works. The Lakers went on to post their first victory in more than two weeks.

"Has there ever been an African American, Asian or minority as the 'Bachelor' or 'Bachelorette'? " Hibbert tweeted. "I know everyone has pondered this ? B4."

Most likely to keep New York tabloid headline writers happy: Tie between the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets.

The Knicks have untied opponents' shoelaces, taken three-pointers when all they had to do was run out the clock and stashed timeouts in the final seconds of a game instead of advancing the ball to midcourt and setting up a play.

The Nets have a largely absentee owner, a vastly underperforming roster with the league's highest payroll and a coach who asked a player to bump into him late in a game so he could spill a drink, buying a few extra seconds to give out instructions.

Someone recently superimposed a cutout of rookie Anthony Bennett's head over that of Wilt Chamberlain's in the iconic photo of the big man holding up a sheet of paper with "100" scrawled on it from the night he hit the century mark in points. Bennett's sheet has "15," representing his recent career high — and nearly as many points as the 17 he scored the rest of January.

Most hubbub about someone averaging 4.4 points per game: Omer Asik.

He was unhappy the Houston Rockets signed Dwight Howard. He wanted to be traded. He was hurt. He had setback after setback and hasn't played since early December.

Most likely to trigger a national referendum on race relations: Matt Barnes.

After his ejection during a game in November, the Clippers forward sent out a tweet that included the N-word. Barnes later said the media would have to get used to the word because it's commonly used by younger people and the hip-hop community.

Every time LaMarcus Aldridge makes a 17-foot jumper, a small part of analytics gurus Daryl Morey and John Hollinger dies. Mid-range jumpers are passe among the statistics gurus who favor three-pointers and shots around the basket but they just might help carry the surprising Trail Blazers deep into the playoffs.

Most likely to have a 1980s MTV wardrobe consultant call and say she wants her outfit back: Nick Young.

What was GQ thinking listing the Lakers swingman as the 19th most stylish athlete of 2013?

"There's a reason Nick Young's alias is 'Swaggy P' — the guy loves to stunt," read the blurb accompanying a picture of Young in a get-up that looks straight out of Michael Jackson's "Beat It." "Whether it's on social media or at a news conference, he doesn't shy away from bold Versace printed shirts or Clothsurgeon leather jerseys.

"How does he manage to pull it off? The Lakers guard knows how to rein it in. Wearing statement pieces is all about balancing them out with quieter items, a trick Young's got down pat."